Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2006 : 5th International Conference, Cambridge, UK, September 20-22, 2006, Proceedings

by Harper, Richard; Rauterberg, Matthias; Combetto, Marco

• ISBN13: 9783540452591
• ISBN10: 3540452591
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2006, held in Cambridge, UK in September 2006. The 17 revised full papers, 17 revised short papers and 28 poster papers presented together with one keynote paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agents, cultural and psychological metrics, transforming broadcast experience, culture, place, play, display technology, authoring tools, object tracking, edutainment, and network games.

Table of Contents

Towards bi-directional dancing interaction	p. 1
An emotional path finding mechanism for augmented reality applications	p. 13
Interacting with a virtual conductor	p. 25
Animal controlled computer games : playing Pac-man against real crickets	p. 31
Leaving a message with the PaPeRo robot : the effect of interaction experience with real or virtual PaPeRo on impression evaluation	p. 37
Passive interactivity, an answer to interactive emotion	p. 43
Entertainment on mobile Internet services : from the Korean consumer perspectives	p. 53
Experimental approach for human perception based image quality assessment	p. 59
Interaction and participation in radio plays : a novel approach to an old medium	p. 69
Real-time monitoring system for TV commercials using video features	p. 81
Interactive dramaturgy by generating acousmetre in a virtual environment	p. 90
Exposure to violent video games and desensitization to violence in children and adolescents	p. 96
Kansei Mediated Entertainment	p. 103
Backseat playgrounds : pervasive storytelling in vast location based games	p. 117
Layered multiple displays for immersive and interactive digital contents	p. 123
Design and implementation of a fast integral image rendering method	p. 135
A neural classifier for anomaly detection in magnetic motion capture	p. 141
Multichannel distribution for universal multimedia access in home media gateways	p. 147
Language-driven development of videogames : the experience	p. 153
Architecture of an authoring system to support the creation of interactive contents	p. 165
Applying direct manipulation interfaces to customizing player character behaviour	p. 175
Programmable vertex processing unit for mobile game development	p. 187
Vision-based real-time camera matchmoving with a known marker	p. 193
OHAJIKI interface : flicking gesture recognition with a high-speed camera	p. 205
The smart dice cup : a radio controlled sentient interaction device	p. 211
Learning about cultural heritage by playing geogames	p. 217
Dynamic binding is the name of the game	p. 229
Lessons learned from designing a virtual heritage entertainment application for interactive education	p. 233
A dynamic load balancing for massive multiplayer online game server	p. 239
My photos are my bullets - using camera as the primary means of player-to-player interaction in a mobile multiplayer game	p. 250
Enjoyment or engagement? : role of social interaction in playing massively mulitplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGS)	p. 262
On-line motion style transfer	p. 268
Dynamic skinning for popping dance	p. 280
Discovery of online game user relationship based on co-occurrence of words	p. 286
Mobile phone gaming (a follow-up survey of the mobile phone gaming sector and its users)	p. 292
Designing a story database for use in automatic story generation	p. 298
An efficient algorithm for rendering large bodies of water	p. 302
Forbidden city explorer : a guide system that gives priority to shared images and chats	p. 306
Reinforcement learning of intelligent characters in fighting action games	p. 310
Capturing entertainment through heart rate dynamics in the playware playground	p. 314
Design implications of social interaction in online games	p. 318
TEMPEST : a text input system for musical performers	p. 322
Design strategies for enhancing experience-based activities	p. 326
Imitating the behavior of human players in action games	p. 332
Electronic treasure hunt : real-time cooperation type game that uses location information	p. 336
Design of positive biofeedback using a robot's behaviors as motion media	p. 340
Social landscapes : visual interface to improve awareness in human relationships on social networking sites	p. 350
Bare hand interface for interaction in the video see-through HMD based wearable AR environment	p. 354
Studying user experience with digital audio players	p. 358
The development of a collaborative virtual heritage edutainment system with tangible interfaces	p. 362
Clustering of online game users based on their trails using self-organizing map	p. 366
Communication supports for building world wide Internet game communities	p. 370
Hardcore gamers and casual gamers playing online together	p. 374
High-precision hand interface	p. 378
Real-time animation of large crowds	p. 382
Vision-based bare-hand gesture interface for interactive augmented reality applications	p. 386
PHI : physics application programming interface	p. 390
A vision-based non-contact interactive advertisement with a display wall	p. 394
"SplashGame" : a ludo-educative application based on genre and verbal interactions concepts	p. 398
Shadow texture atlas	p. 402
A chording glove for games : development of a wearable game device	p. 406
VIRSTORY : a collaborative virtual storytelling	p. 410
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